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Rob Lowe Opens Up About Sobriety: “It’s Saved My Life”

Rob Lowe received the Spirit of Sobriety Award on Saturday, an honor that the actor tells HipHollywood is ‘humbling.”

During the 2015 Paleyfest Fall TV Preview event on Tuesday night, HipHollywood caught up with The Grinder actor to talk about winning the award after 25 years of being sober. “It’s a reminder that the recovery road that I am on has really surprising, unexpected rewards. Any time that I can speak on recovery is a good day because it’s saved my life, changed my life. It’s very, very, very simple to do and yet it’s also very, very hard.”

The 51-year-old added, “I love anytime I can be a part of that world I’m happy.”

When receiving last weekend’s award, the former alcoholic and sex addict told the crowd that “Being in recovery has given me everything of value that I have in my life. Integrity, honesty, fearlessness, faith, a relationship with God, and most of all gratitude. It’s given me a beautiful family and an amazing career. I’m under no illusions where I would be without the gift of alcoholism and the chance to recover from it.”

Rob is the star of Fox’s upcoming comedy, The Grinder, which will premiere on September 29 on Fox .

Dwyane Wade On New Heartfelt Documentary: It’s A Story “I Never Got A Chance To Tell As A Kid”

It first started with one of the biggest trades of the year with Wade returning back to Miami to finish the rest of the season with the Heat. “I was happy,” Wade told us on Thursday night about the trade.

He added, “The journey of the NBA took me to Chicago, it took me to Cleveland, but it also brought me back to Miami; a place from a basketball sense birthed me.”

Days following the big NBA announcement, the lovebirds then celebrated the release of Dwyane’s documentary, Shot in the Dark, which the NBA champion produced alongside Chance the Rapper.

The film follows the Orr Academy High School basketball team on Chicago’s Westside. Throughout the documentary, cameras capture the journey of individual athletes trying to make it to the NBA despite growing up in the violent streets of Chicago.

During the screening, Wade also opened up to HipHollywood about why the project was near and dear to his heart. “It’s home,” the Chicago native said. “I jumped on board right away because it’s a story being told that I never got a chance to tell as a kid. To be able to shed some positive light on a tough, dark situation for us was big.”

Union added, “I’m so proud. Coming up on Hoop Dreams … It explores so many other topics that are critical to kids in Chicago.”

As for whether or not D-Wade picked up some advice from his TV star boo, not quite. When asked what tips Union gave Wade ahead of the project, the actress told us, “None. You have to learn. Humility and school of hard knocks. Things are not going to go your way and you have to learn through experience just like the rest of us.”